Developing ActivABLES for community-dwelling stroke survivors using the Medical Research Council framework for complex interventions

Table 1 Characteristics of the participants in the preliminary testing

Stroke survivors	Age	Time since stroke	Side of hemiparesis	Walking device inside	BBS^a	BBT^b	ABC^c
SS-1	31	19 months	left	no	56	x	76.3
SS-2	60	4 years	left	no	37	x	38.1
SS-3	62	9 months	left	no	47	x	51.4
SS-4	63	22 years	left	no	43	x	66
SS-5	66	2 years	right	no	33	53	65
SS-6	72	4 years	left	yes. a cane	43	6	73.1
SS-7	76	9 years	left	yes, a cane	37	12	29.4

SS stroke survivor
^aBerg Balance Scale, score 0-56 where lower score indicates more balance impairments
^bBox and Block Test, number of blocks moved between boxes in one minute. X presents those who were not able to use their affected hand
^cActivities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale assesses self-efficacy in different activities, score 0-100 where 0 represents no confidence and 100 represents complete confidence

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